Shielded roller painting device



Ju y 1 5 I A. .J. BRUNELLI Ej- AL 2,799,88

SHIELDED ROLLER PAINTING DEVICE Filed Sept. 13, 1954 INVENTORS ANGELO J.BRUNELL/ 8 SAMUEL J MORTARO A T TORNE l 2,799,886 SHIELDED RGLLERPnnvrn'st; unvrcn Angelo J. Brunelii, Niles, and Samuel J. Mortaro,Youngstown, Ohio Application September 13, 1954, Serial No. 455,704

6 Claims. (Cl. 15'-248) This invention relates to a roller paintingdevice for transferring paint and like material to a surface to bepainted and more particularly to a surface to be painted adjacent a doorframe, window casing, wall or ceiling corner and the like.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a rollerpainting device incorporating a gua ding and guiding element enablingthe roller painting device to apply coating material to a predeterminedarea.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a roller paintingdevice incorporating a guarding and guiding element movably disposedwith respect to the paint applying surface of the device to enable thesame to be used on the right hand and left hand sides of an objectdefining an edge line with respect to the paint being applied.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a rollerpainting device constructed in a novel manner incorporating a guardelement hingedly afifixed thereto and acting to guide and guard theroller painting device with respect to a desired area to be painted andpermitting the roller painting device to apply coating material from thecomplete peripheral surface thereof.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a rollerpainting device which may be used for applying coating material to awall surface immediately adjacent a door frame, window casing or thelike Without applying any of the coating material to the door frame ordoor casing and enabling a rapid and efficient coating operation to beperformed therealong.

The roller painting device disclosed herein comprises an improvement inthe art relating to roller painting devices in that the rotatable memberor roller is positioned on supporting arms, one of which in turn alsocarries a movable guiding and guarding element which may be positionedbetween an end of the roller and an object such as a door frame orWindow casing and effectively guide the roller painting device and guardthe door frame and window casing or the like from the application ofcoating material by the roller.

Those experienced in the art will recognize that roller painting deviceshave been widely adopted for applying coating materials such as paintsand other wall coatings and that such roller painting devices as havebeen heretofore developed have had a common inability to apply thecoating material up to a door frame, window casing, ceiling line or thelike without applying some of the coating material to the door frame,window casing or ceiling line which is objectionable.

Specialized roller painting devices have been designed for specialpurposes such as painting window sash 'and the like and whereinrotatable disc-like guards have been employed but such devices are notreadily adaptable to painting a wall surface adjacent a door framewindow casing or ceiling line as there is no provision for selectivelypositioning a disc-like guard with respect to the portion of the rollerpainting device contacting the wall surface.

atent r 2,799,886 1C6 Patented July 2 1957 2 The preesnt inventionprovides a novel guiding and guarding element in the nature of ahalf-circular shield of a diameter larger than the diameter of theadjacent end of the roller painting device and offset with respect tothe axial center thereof so that complete flexibility of positioning ofthe shield is possible.

Additionally, the shield is hingedly affixed to the structure supportingthe roller painting device so that it may be reversed to enable thedevice to be used on the right or left hand side of a door or windowcasing or in a right or left hand operation along a ceiling line.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being the intention to cover all changes andmodifications of the example of the invention herein chosen for purposesof the disclosure, which do not constitute departures from the spiritand scope of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the roller painting device.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the roller painting device.

In the form of the invention illustrated in the drawing andas seenin'Figure 1, the device of the invention comprises a handle 10 having asupporting structure 11 positioned in an end thereof and extendingoutwardly therefrom and including a pair of spaced arms 12*12, theoutermost ends of which engage and rotatably support a rotatable memberor roller 13 which is conical in shape and the outer surface of which isprovided with an outer covering 14 of fabric material, the nap or hairsof which project outwardly radially from the roller 13 on all sidesthereof. The covering material 14- may be woven clo'tlnpile fabric orother suitable material which may be used for the application of paintto a wall surface or the like.

The ends of the roller comprise a large circular end 15 and a smallercircular end 16 having centrally disposed openings communicating with anaxial bore in the roller 13 and in which the inturned' ends of the arms12 of the handle structure 11,- heretofore referred to, are journaled. V

A half-circular shield 17 is provided with a plurality of projectingextensions 1818 along a portion of a straight edge 19 of the shield 17.Each of the extensions 18 is curved to form a hinge structure rotatableabout ane of the arms 12 of the handle structure 11. As illustrated inthe drawings, the extensions 18 are alternately curved in oppositedirections so that a complete piano hinge-type engagement is had withrespect to the arm 12 of the handle structure 11. The remainder of thehalfcircular' shield 17 is arcuat'e in shape and of a diameter largerthan the diameter of the large end of the roller 13 and its coveringmaterial 14, as may best be seen by referring to the end view comprisingFigure 2 of the drawings.

In Figure 2 of the drawings the shield 17 is shown in solid lines in aposition comparable with the illustration of Figure l and in dottedlines in its alternate position wherein it is in guiding and guardingrelation to the other half of the roller 13. It will be seen that thesize and shape of the shield 17 is such that approximately one quarterof the surface area of the material 14 on the roller 13 extends beyondthe shield 17 while another quarter of said area lies behind the shield17 and that this same relation of exposed and protected areas existwhether the shield 17 is in left hand position (as in solid lines inFigure 2 of the drawings) or in right hand position (as shown in dottedlines in Figure 1 of the drawings).

It. will be observed that the portion of the shield 17 furthest from thestraight edge 19 thereof is somewhat.

area 20 thereof and the exposed peripheral surface of thecoveringmaterial 14. of the roller 13 by changing the relativepositioning of the handle with respect to the Wall surface beingcovered.

It will alsobe seen that when the device is run ina straight line' as,for example, along the edge of a door frame'or window casing,.theconical shape of the roller will automatically position the majority ofthe edge of the roller away from the side of the door frame or windowcasing as the end 15 of the roller will be inclined at an angle withrespect thereto. The shield 17 is thus operable only along thesemi-flattened area 20 of its arcuate edge as concerns the immediatecontact of the roller and the door frame or window casing. The shielditself lies on a spaced parallel plane with respect to the end 15 of theroller and thus enables the operator to readily see the wall surface andthe adjacent edge of the door frame or window casing so that an expertjob results.

The efiiciency of the roller painting device is further enhanced by thefact that the conical shape of the roller.

requires the surface thereof contacting the wall being window casingrather than a curve which would result in the even rotation of thesurfaces of the conical roller against the wall being coated. Theresultant application.

of coating material such as paint is thereby expedited and a single passof the roller painting device serves to effectively coat the desiredarea with no streaking or smearing of the coating material'on the edgeof the door frame, window casing or ceiling line being followed. It willthus be seen that the roller painting device meets the several objectsof the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is: l. Thecombination of a roller painting device for applying coating materialcomprising a handle, a bifurcated supporting structure including aninterconnecting member carried by said handle, a roller journaled forrotation on said interconnecting member and having an outside surfaceadapted for transferring coating material thereon to a surface overwhich'said roller is rolled, and a shield comprising a flat member, oneedge of which is of flattenedarcuate shape and the other edge of whichis straight, said shield hinged along its straight edge to saidsupporting structure alongside one end of said roller, said shield beinglarger than theadjacent half section of said roller and positioned inoffcenter relation thereto. 2. The combination of a roller paintingdevice for applying coating material comprising a handle, a pair ofshafts projecting from said handle and extending in spaced parallelrelation and having their outer ends inturned, a fabric covered conicalshaped body received over the shaft ends and freely rotatablethereabout, and a shield said roller, the area of the half-circularshield being mounted on one of said parallel shafts immediately adjacentto the large end of said body, said shield having a straight edge, ahinge structure on one part of said straight edgemovably securing thesaid shield to said shaft, said shield being substantially half-circularin shape with the circular edge thereof being of a diameter greater thanthe larger end of said conical shaped body and said shield mounted onsaid shaft with a portion of the half-circular edge thereof level withthe surface of the larger end of said conical shaped body with a portionof said shield extending outwardly beyond the surface of said conicalshaped body.

3. In a shielded roller painting device for applying coating materialcomprising in combination a handle, a pair of shafts connected to oneend of the handle and projecting therefrom and having portionspositioned in spaced parallel relation and joined at their outermostends by a transverse section, a roller journaled for rotation on saidtransverse section and provided with an outer covering of pile fabricmaterial, a shield comprising a fiat half-circular member having astraight edge and a flattened arcuate edge and hinged at its straightedge to one of said parallel shaft portions adjacent one end of greaterthan the area of the adjacent half-circular end of said roller, with aportion of said arcuate edge level with the surface of said roller andanother portion of said arcuate edge positioned outwardly beyond theedge of said roller.

4. The roller painting device set forth in claim 2 whereinf the shieldis formed of thin flat metal.

5. A shielded roller painting device for applying paint to a wallsurface adjacent a door frame and the like 1 comprising in combination ahandle, a supporting structure extending from one end of said handle, atruncated conical shaped roller journaled on said supporting structure,said roller having an outer covering of paint holding material, saidhandle being offset with respect to the ends a of said roller, saidsupporting structure having at least one portion thereof positioned in aspaced parallel plane with respect to the plane of the large end of saidroller and adjacent thereto, a shield, one edge of which is generallyarcuate and another edge of which is straight, said shield movablysecured along a portion of its straight edge to said portion of saidsupporting structure adjacent the.

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